41.5% ▲ +20.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Lockwood · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Lockwood
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
Far fewer people in Lockwood have finished high school compared to the state average, with only 41.5% completing Year 12. This gap extends into higher education, where the share of adults with a university degree is much lower than across Victoria and Australia.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 41.5% of residents completed Year 12, which is far below the Victorian figure of 61.8%. About 19.3% of the population stopped at Year 10, while 14.4% finished Year 9 or below.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Lockwood, the largest group is Year 12 at 45%, followed by Year 10 (21%) and Year 11 (19%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Adults with a bachelor degree or higher make up 13.1% of the area, a figure far below the national average. The most common qualification is a Certificate III or IV, held by 38.1% of residents.
13.1% ▲ +51.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Lockwood, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 45%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (24%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Engineering and related fields are the most common qualifications at 16.1%, followed by Health at 12.8% and Society and Culture at 12.0%.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
Lockwood has more schools per 1,000 children than most areas, with seven schools within 3 km. Most of these are government primary schools, though the average school advantage score is lower than in most areas.
8.62
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools per 1,000 children aged under 15.
7
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
292
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
968
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Lockwood
7 schools — 2,047 students, average ICSEA 968.
By sector: Government 6 · Catholic 1
By type: Primary 5 · Secondary 1 · Combined 1
| Lockwood Primary School, Lockwood | Government | Primary | 1.5 km | 99 | 989 |
| Lockwood South Primary School, Lockwood South | Government | Primary | 3.2 km | 38 | 1,020 |
| Crusoe 7-10 Secondary College, Kangaroo Flat | Government | Secondary | 6.3 km | 925 | 966 |
| Kangaroo Flat Primary School, Kangaroo Flat | Government | Primary | 6.5 km | 313 | 908 |
| Bendigo Special Developmental School, Kangaroo Flat | Government | Combined | 6.6 km | 167 | 940 |
| Big Hill Primary School, Big Hill | Government | Primary | 6.6 km | 221 | 980 |
| St Monica's School, Kangaroo Flat | Catholic | Primary | 7.0 km | 284 | 1,032 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Lockwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21528/lockwood/topic/education